Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 708: The Second Day of the Lunar New Year
It was impossible to continue chatting with a silly father who was obsessed with his daughter, so Zhou Banxia decisively changed the subject and started checking the New Year's gifts for tomorrow.

Third Aunt Gu was not the only one who felt sorry for her daughter-in-law. Her mother-in-law also personally prepared gifts for her and her sister-in-law to take with them to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings the next morning.

In addition, she also asked her two sisters-in-law to give New Year gifts to their respective parents' homes, and she was not stingy at all. Her parents made a lot of money again this time.

In the west wing, seeing that Zhou Banxia was not talking to him about his daughter and was busy checking the New Year's gifts for tomorrow, Gu Wenxuan started to make trouble and insisted that there were too many gifts.

He took one thing away and put it back again, making Zhou Banxia laugh and cry. After all, he was pregnant and tired from standing for a long time, so he finally stopped.

Is that childish?

Don't you want to act serious in front of your wife?

Gu Wenxuan saw Zhou Banxia half-lying on the kang as he wished, and he was finally able to have his first meeting of the new year with his precious daughter through his wife's belly.

They spent the first day of the new year happily. On the next day, the second day of the new year, married girls returned to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhou Yujiang got up early.

He first went to Lijia Village to pick up his eldest sister Zhou Daya and her family of five, including his unborn nephew, and then went to Hedong to pick up his third sister and her husband.

Similarly, early in the morning of this day, the Zhou family's door was open, and there were a lot of red confetti left by firecrackers scattered on the ground outside the door.

Gu Wenxuan accompanied Zhou Banxia back to her parents' home neither too early nor too late. When they got off the carriage, they happened to meet the Zhou family's aunts who were a step behind them.

There were old aunts, young aunts, and their husbands, those with small families and large groups. The number of people was more than double that of the second day of the first lunar month last year.

Among them were Gu Yangqing and his wife, who brought their son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters, who came from the third branch of the Yue family and Zhou family across the alley to pay New Year's greetings.

There are many guests outside the door, and many hosts inside.

At this moment, the old couple Zhou Xiucai, their only son Zhou Changping and his wife, as well as their grandsons and young granddaughters were also here to entertain the guests.

New year, new atmosphere, what a great sight it is to have a thriving population.

There were people chatting and laughing, bowing and greeting each other, old and new sons-in-law, it was very lively, and Mr. Zhou, who liked to act serious, was so happy that he couldn't hold back.

Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but suspect that his wife's great-grandfather was deliberately taking revenge on his biological elder brother Zhou Daniu for accusing him of stealing his children and grandchildren.

Isn't it that he is making up a story behind his back that he was adopted and had only one child in his life, and that he can't stand seeing his eldest brother having so many children and grandchildren, and is trying to snatch away his feng shui?

He, Mr. Zhou, just snatched it away, so what!
Seeing that his father-in-law respectfully put Zhou Xiucai first in everything, and even mentioned my uncle when greeting the neighbors who came to watch the fun, Gu Wenxuan was even more delighted.

It's a pity that his wife always says that he is narrow-minded. In terms of narrow-mindedness, his father-in-law is not much older than him, the son-in-law. Li Ge'er is already as old as the big rivers and small rivers.

Poor rivers and streams, one moment they belong to the fourth and fifth young masters of the Zhou family, and the next moment they belong to the second and fourth young masters of the Zhou family. It's easy to get confused.

On this day, or every year since the family split up and moved out, people who are often thrifty are still very generous. Not only do they prepare a good banquet to entertain the old and new uncles-in-law, the older and younger nephews, the older and younger grandchildren, but also the aunts, granddaughters, nieces, grandsons-in-law and nephews-in-law are all at the table.

In accordance with the custom of not lighting fires from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month, he spent a lot of money to hold a banquet on the second day to entertain his aunts who came back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.

A lot of food was prepared before the festival, and today they set up a stove and cooked in the backyard, trying to provide a good meal for their married daughter as in previous years.

On this point, not to mention that Li Chunsheng and Gu Wenxuan, the brothers-in-law, deeply admired their father-in-law for his painstaking efforts, even Gu Yangqing, the son-in-law from the next room, felt the same way.

After all, anyone who knows this brother-in-law from the next door knows how stingy he is in his life. He is so stingy that he is reluctant to even smoke a puff of the tobacco leaves grown by his own family.

Even though this brother-in-law from the next room has successful children and doesn't need any money, it is still rare to see him spending an extra penny at the market.

But every year when the second day of the first lunar month comes, I really can't bear to leave. Ten years ago, as long as I went to pay New Year's greetings, I couldn't leave even if I wanted to, and they would serve me delicious food and wine.

In previous years, on the second day of the first lunar month, he would accompany his wife and children to his parents-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings. Because the family lived relatively close, Gu Yangqing was a little worried that his visit would cost Zhou Sishun money.

This year, he got bolder!

Who else could he hide the financial situation of his brother-in-law from?
Not to mention how big the market at the intersection is, who owns the land, how many fields there are, nor how big San Ya's workshop is, or how much money she will give to her father to show filial piety.

Although Dajiang's child is not as good as Gu's talented son, he has been a scholar and can go to the county school without spending a penny. He can also receive rice rewards from the government every month.

His brother-in-law from the next room has always been very tight-lipped over the years. Most people can't tell how much wealth he has saved, but his wallet must be thick.

Gu Yangqing didn't know that his son, Gu's son Qilin, had given his father-in-law three shops in the city. He made a rough estimate and thought that his brother-in-law from the next room should have no less wealth than him.

This can be seen in many aspects. His cousin said that there is a good thing about his relative-in-law. He is not greedy or jealous, which is something most people cannot do.

This is to the point, he is indeed a good person, but then again, he was so poor that even his parents and brothers despised him and separated him from his wife, how could he not be greedy and jealous?
It was his brother-in-law from the next room who gave birth to a good daughter. He didn't share the money with his family because he was so poor that he couldn't even pay the taxes. The daughter helped to support the family first.

Not only did she have the help of her daughter, but she also broadened her horizons. At least even he and his wife had no idea that their child had the good fortune to work as a maid for the old lady in the Gao mansion.

What kind of family is that!

Your Excellency the Governor, you are now also the Minister of Personnel!

It is just like the saying that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, and good times will come after bad times. With the Gao family as their backer, what else can they be greedy or jealous about? The Zhao family doesn't dare to provoke the Zhou family easily.

His brother-in-law from the next room had something in his mind, but he pretended to be dumb and kept it secret for more than ten years. He is not an ordinary person, no wonder he has good fortune in the future!

Look at how filial the children are. They even respect their two sons-in-law very much. Why are they so greedy or jealous?
If he had behaved like this, he would just stay put and not open a big carriage shop. He would definitely not do anything and let his children take charge!
"…I don't want San Ya to hear this. Four or five years ago, I worked at a brick kiln in the city. It's not that difficult to make bricks. We have clay for making bricks here. It's not far away, just past your village."

Ok?
what happened?

Why are we talking about brick making again?